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  • Guilt and Redemption on Wisteria Lane: A Burkeian Analysis of Desperate Housewives

    Creator:
    Huillet, Michelle M.
    Abstract:
    In 2004 after Desperate Housewives premiered, it was met with significant criticism condemning the lack of values and morals on the show, depicted through the pervasiveness of sinful and illegal behavior (Olsen & Morgan, 2010). However, Olsen and Morgan contend that sinful and illegal behavior is accompanied with attempts at...
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    Masters Thesis
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    criticism condemning the lack of values and morals on the show, depicted through the pervasiveness of

  • The rhetoric of the Dalai Lama

    Creator:
    Gorsevski, Ellen Weihe
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines the rhetoric (persuasive discourse) of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet. The analysis of this thesis provides an historical foundation of understanding for the international campaign of rhetoric which the Dalai Lama has been leading for the past forty years, culminating...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 1979, 386-398; Singh, Kusum, "Gandhi and Mao as mass communicators," Journal of Communication. 29

  • Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

    Creator:
    Kearney, Melva J.
    Abstract:
    Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self-defense. As such, apologetic discourse involves a response to an attack upon an individual's character or worth as a human being. Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman encountered such a attack during the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. The purpose of this analysis is to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Liebeskind, and Warren Schwartz. "Getting Out of Hot Water: Facework in Social Predicaments." Journal of